Garment-turner



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. W. DENTON. GARMENT TURNER.

Patented Nov. 28, 1893.

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W. BENTON. GARMENT TURNER.

No. 509,655. Patented Nov. 28, 1893.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,655, dated November28,1893.

Application filed April 13, 1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVHITLEY DENTON, of Centreville, in the county ofSt. Joseph, in the State of Michigan, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Garment-'lurners, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention is designed chiefly for factories of knitted garments,and the purpose of the invention is to turn the garments inside out inan expeditious, convenient and safe manner.

To that end the invention consists in certain novelties in the detailsof said garment turner and auxiliary devices connected therewith, all ashereinafter more fully described and specifically set forth in theclaims.

In the annexed drawings Figures 1 and 2 are front elevations of agarment turner em: bodying my invention and showing the same in two ofits operative positions. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 4is an enlarged transverse section on line .r, .96, in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 isan enlarged front view of the free end of one of the garment-turningarms of the machine, shown partly in section to better illustrate thearrangement of the springcatches connected to said arm. Fig. 6 is anedge view of the same, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged front view of the lowerend of one of the garment turning arms with the sleeve or leg of agarment hung thereon and in process of being turned.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

o.a are two pulleys arranged one above the other and a proper distanceapart for the purpose hereinafter explained, said pulleys being mountedon journals projecting from brackets -bb-- attached to suitable rigidsupports P-P-'- to which supports are also fastened the vertical guides-ccon which slides the frame -d. Upon the aforesaid pulleys runs a beltdwhich receives motion by a driving belt -O- connecting one of saidpulleys with the pulley of a suitable motor, not shown. To this belt ais firmly secured a laterally projecting pin ewhich is pivotallyconnected to an arm f pivoted to the frame -d-- which latter is thusSerial No. 470,140. (No model.)

carried up and down by the travel of the belt. The frame oZ- has armsd'dextending downward from it, and to the lower end a of each of saidarms are secured the spring catches h-hwhich normally project fromopposite edges of the arm and are adapted to be compressed toward eachother. These catches I preferably form of spring wire lying in verticalgrooves in the edges of the arm -d'--- and fastened at one end to saidarm and formed with coils hh'- immediately beneath the arm and in aplane parallel with that of the arm. To the lower support P is hingedanother arm -l which is supported in a horizontal forward projectingposition by means of a spiral spring -i connecting the free end portionof said arm to the support -P at a point above the hinge. Said spring isdetachable either from the support P, as shown, or from the arm, for thepurpose hereinafter explained.

Theoperation of myinvention is as follows: To turn a shirt the operatortakes hold of the bottom of the shirt and lets the top thereof drop soas to bring the shoulder of the shirt upon the arm -Z and, while theoperator holds the shirt in a suspended position he distends it to allowthe descending reciprocating arms dd to enter the shirt and pass throughthe sleeves thereof. In this operation the engagement of the arm l withthe shoulder of the arm causes the sleeves to hang straight in line withthe body of the shirt. In case the descending arms -d-d' shouldaccidentally catch on the interior of the sleeves, the spring-supportedarm -Z- yields to the downward strain and thus obviates the liability ofthe shirt being torn. In passing through the sleeves the catchesh-hyield laterally and after passing out of the lower ends of thesleeves said catches spring outward, and in the succeeding ascendingmovement of the arms -01 -d', the catches -ZZ engage the extremities ofthe sleeves and draw the same up through the inside of the shirt held bythe operator as aforesaid. The shirt is thus turned completely insideout. For turning trousers or drawers the arm --Z is not required and isdropped out of the way by unhooking or detaching one end of the spring--i-. In turning trousers or drawers the operator takes hold of the topthereof and, while suspending and distending the same, the descendingarms leys arranged one above the other and pivoted to the aforesaidsupports, a belt running on said pulleys, and an arm pivoted to thesliding frame and connected to the belt, as set forth.

2. In combination with rigid supports, vertical guides attached to saidsupports, a reciprocating frame sliding on said guides, arms dependingfrom said frame, spring catches attached to the pendent arms, and'ahorizontal arm projecting from the lower support to receive the shoulderof the shirt to be turned, as set forth.

3. In combination with the rigid supports, vertical guides attached tosaid supports, a reciprocating frame sliding on said guides, armsdepending from said frame, catches on the lower ends of said arms, anarm pivoted to the lower support, and a spring supporting the said armin its horizontal position, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 25th day ofMarch, 1893.

. WHITLEY DENTON. [L. 8.]

Witnesses:

E. H. MANBEOK, JOHN FARROW.

